scolopendrium


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scolopendrium

(skɒləˈpɛndrɪəm)
n
(Plants) another name for hart's-tongue
[C17: from New Latin, from Greek scolopendrion, from a fancied resemblance of the fern and its sori to a centipede]
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Noun1.scolopendrium - a fern thought to resemble a millipedescolopendrium - a fern thought to resemble a millipede
fern - any of numerous flowerless and seedless vascular plants having true roots from a rhizome and fronds that uncurl upward; reproduce by spores
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